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Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash is an AI model made by Google. Google released it on 21 July 2026. It is generally available.

Gemini 3.6 Flash is an AI model made by Google. Google released it on 21 July 2026. It is generally available. It takes text, image, video, audio and returns text. Its context window is 1,048,576 tokens. Its longest answer is 65,536 tokens. Its knowledge cutoff is March 2026.

Released: 21 July 2026 — ai.google.dev, read 16 October 2026
Status: Generally available — ai.google.dev, read 16 October 2026
Takes: Text, Image, Video, Audio — ai.google.dev, read 16 October 2026
Returns: Text — ai.google.dev, read 16 October 2026
Open weights: Not confirmed: The maker's model page and model card do not state whether the model's weights are open.
Licence: Not confirmed: The maker's pages do not name a licence for the model's weights.
Context window: 1,048,576 tokens — ai.google.dev, read 16 October 2026
Longest answer: 65,536 tokens — ai.google.dev, read 16 October 2026
Knowledge cutoff: March 2026 — deepmind.google, read 16 October 2026
API price, input: Not confirmed: two readings disagree: 0.75 and 1.5
API price, output: Not confirmed: two readings disagree: 3.75 and 7.5
Where: API, Consumer app, Cloud marketplaces — deepmind.google, read 16 October 2026
Parameters: Not confirmed: The maker's model page and model card do not publish a parameter count.
Model card: https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-6-flash/ — ai.google.dev, read 16 October 2026

Benchmarks

Measured by others, not by the maker: each score with the name the measurer gives the model and the setting it ran, its day and its licence.

Arena

Text Arena, gemini-3.6-flash-high: 1,483 (1,478–1,487, 36,122 votes), published 15 October 2026
Code Arena (WebDev), Gemini 3.6 Flash (High): 1,538 (1,531–1,546, 8,760 votes), published 18 October 2026
Vision Arena, gemini-3.6-flash-high: 1,281 (1,273–1,289, 8,127 votes), published 9 October 2026

Arena’s leaderboard dataset (lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset on Hugging Face), CC BY 4.0: ratings from people’s votes between two anonymous models, as Arena publishes them. Data · CC BY 4.0

Epoch AI

Epoch Capabilities Index, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 154.2 (152.7–156.1), as of 19 October 2026
GPQA Diamond, gemini-3.6-flash_high: 94.1% (± 1.4), run 2 August 2026
GPQA Diamond, gemini-3.6-flash_low: 86.4% (± 2.4), run 6 August 2026
GPQA Diamond, gemini-3.6-flash_minimal: 85.9% (± 2.5), run 7 August 2026
FrontierMath, tiers 1–3, gemini-3.6-flash_high: 58.9% (± 2.9), run 2 August 2026
FrontierMath, tier 4, gemini-3.6-flash_high: 22.0% (± 6.5), run 2 August 2026
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025, gemini-3.6-flash_high: 94.2% (± 3.1), run 2 August 2026
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025, gemini-3.6-flash_low: 82.2% (± 5.8), run 7 August 2026
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025, gemini-3.6-flash_minimal: 80.0% (± 6.0), run 7 August 2026
SimpleQA Verified, gemini-3.6-flash_high: 66.2% (± 1.5), run 27 August 2026

Epoch AI, ‘Capabilities & benchmarking’, epoch.ai/benchmarks, CC BY 4.0: Epoch AI’s own runs and its Capabilities Index. Data · CC BY 4.0

Questions

When was Gemini 3.6 Flash released?

Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash on 21 July 2026.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash still available?

Yes: it is generally available, as Google states it.

What is the context window of Gemini 3.6 Flash?

The context window of Gemini 3.6 Flash is 1,048,576 tokens, as Google prints it.

What does Gemini 3.6 Flash take and return?

Gemini 3.6 Flash takes text, image, video, audio and returns text.

What is the knowledge cutoff of Gemini 3.6 Flash?

The knowledge cutoff of Gemini 3.6 Flash is March 2026.

Sources

Gemini 3.6 Flash | Gemini API | Google AI for Developers (read 16 October 2026)
Gemini 3.6 Flash - Model Card — Google DeepMind (read 16 October 2026)
Release notes | Gemini API | Google AI for Developers (read 16 October 2026)
Gemini deprecations | Gemini API | Google AI for Developers (read 16 October 2026)
Gemini Developer API pricing | Gemini API | Google AI for Developers (read 16 October 2026)
Developer's guide to Gemini 3.6 Flash | Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform | Google Cloud Documentation (read 16 October 2026)

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